Autographic register



. Snow/W001 May 8, 1923.

J. P. COWLEY AU-TOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed June 6, 1921 Patented May 8,1923.

UNITED STATES iaeaaie F rmi or-Fica JAY PETER COWLEY, OF TACOMA,WASHINGTON.

AUTOGBAPHIC REGISTER.

Application filed June 6,

To all whom it may concern i Be it known that I, JAYPETER COWLEY, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident I so constructed that itmaybe conveniently:

mounted on the dash board of a vehicle, and in such position will beeasily accessible for use. I

Another object of the invention is to provide an autographic register ofthe above character embodying improved means for advancing the paperstri whereon data is recorded, and other improved features whereby thedevice may be adjustably mounted and the record strip protected.

In accomplishing these and other'objects of the invention,v I haveprovided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms ofwhich are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 isa perspective view of an autographic register embodying the presentinvention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same, as mounted upon the dashboard of an automobile or the like.

Figure 3 is a front view of the device, partly broken away for betterillustration.

Figure 4 is an upper end view of the dev1ce.

Referring more in detail to the several views of the drawings, whereinlike reference numerals designate the same or like parts 1 designates arectangular, metal housing,

' i the front wall 2 of which is provided with a rectangular opening 3beneath which a plate 4, forming a writing table, is mounted.- Thistable is fixed rigidly to the opposite side walls 5 and 6 ofthe housingby means of rivets or screws that are extended through the walls andthrough ears 7 that are turned downwardly from the opposite sides ofthetable.

At opposite sides of the upperand lower ends of the table plate 4, aredown-turned 1921. Serial No. 475,334.

wings 8, andgbetween theseare rotatably supported rollers 9 and 10 overwhich a record strip 11 isextended. Thisstripis wound in rolls 12 and13, respectively formed on axles land lo which' are mounted beneath thewriting plate with their opposite ends rotatably contained within theopposite side walls of the housing; the strip being extended overtherolle-rs 9-and 10 and across the plate 4 sothat it may be writtenupon.'

Theaxles 14: and 15 have advancing and unwinding gear wheels 17 "and 18respectively fixed in offset alinement thereon, and adapted to bemovedinto mesh with either of these, is ag'ear wheel 19 fixed on'the innerend of astub shaft '20 that is slidable through has a knurled knob 21.thereon whereby it may beturned to causethe strip to be advanced fromoneroll to the other across the To facilitatethe placing of a recordroll the housing wall, and which at'its outer end, I

writing plate. A coiled spring 23* is'loc ate d about the shaft betweentheknob'iand wall of.

the housing, which normally retains the 1 shaft 20'at its outer limit ofmovement and,

within the device, I provide for the removal of the side wall 5 from thehousing. This wall is separate from the housing and, at its oppositeends, has laterally turned ears 25 adapted to overlie the end walls ofthe housing and these ears are provided with slots 26 through whichthumb screws 27 may be extended. These screws are threa'dedinto the endwalls of the housing and may be tightened against the ears to hold thewall platefunctionally in position.

The axles are equipped with projections'28 over which cores on which thestrips are wound may be advanced and the rolls thereby preventedfroinslipping on the axles.

To protect the record strip, I have provided the device with a coverplate 30 whichis hingedly attached to the upper edge of the housing andwhich will close the opening 2 when the device is not in use.

A preferred means of mounting the device is illustrated in Figure 2,.wherein 35 designates a flange that is hingedly fixed to the upper rearedge of the housing. and through which screws, or the like, 36 maybeprojected to secure the device to a dash board,

as indicated at 3 A spring arm 38 is fixed to the board, below thehousing which, at its outer end, has a pin 39 therein adapted toregister within any one or" a series of apertures 4:0 in the lower endwall of the housing for the purpose of holding the device at a desiredposition of adjustment.

Assuming that the device is so constructed and mounted, it is apparentthat by turning the knob 21 the record strip will be advanced across thewriting plate and a record may be kept thereon of purchases, or otherdata which one may wish to preserve.

It is also apparent that the manner of mounting shown permits the deviceto be adbecome slack on one of the rollers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1.1n combination with a vehicle dash board, an autographic registercomprising a housing mounted on said board having an opening in the topwall, a writing plate mounted within the housing beneath said opening,guide rollers mounted at opposite ends of said plate, a pair of axlesmounted within the housing beneath the plate, about which a record stripmay be wound drawn over said guide rollers and across the writing plate,gear wheels fixed on said axles in ofl'set alinemen-t, a shaft slidablyand rotatably mounted in a wall of the housing, a gear wheel fixed onthe inner end of said shaft adapted to mesh with either of the firstnamed gears, a knob on the outer end of said shaft for turning the sameto advance the strip, a spring wound about the'shatt bearing against theknob to normally retain the shaft gear in mesh with the advancing gear,but yieldably to permit their being disengaged and the shifting of theshaft gear into mesh with the re-winding gear.

2. In an autographic register ofthe class described, a housing having anopening in the top wall thereof, a writing plate mounted within thehousing beneath said opening, a pair of axles whereon a record strip maybe wound after being extended across the writing plate mounted beneaththe plate with their opposite ends rotatably supported within oppositeside walls of the housing, means for rotating the axles to advance thestrip; one of said side walls of the housing being removable therefromand having laterally turned ears at its opposite'ends overlying endwalls of the housing, and thumb screws threaded into said endwalls'a'dapted to be tightenedagainst said ears to retain the plate inplace.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 31st day of May 1921.

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